Autostart Python Script on Raspberry Pi to run 24/7

[Zerin]

Hello, I want to run a python script 24/7. I am using systemd service and it looks like this:

[Unit]
Description= start code
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart= /usr/bin/python3 /home/pi3/code1.py
Restart=on-abort


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

When I enabled the systemd service it was running without error. but after few hours it stopped. I got the following error.

● codestart.service - start code
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/codestart.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2022-06-07 16:13:15 CEST; 20h ago
    Process: 859 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi3/code1.py (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 859 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 1.086s

Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:   File "/home/pi3/code1.py", line 54, in main
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:     ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT)
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/tinkerforge/ip_connection.py", lin>
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:     self.connect_unlocked(False)
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/tinkerforge/ip_connection.py", lin>
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]:     tmp.connect((self.host, self.port))
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi python3[859]: OSError: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi systemd[1]: codestart.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi systemd[1]: codestart.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 07 16:13:15 raspberrypi systemd[1]: codestart.service: Consumed 1.086s CPU time.
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Can you please suggest what should I do to restart the code in case of network failure? Thanks

[photron]

The simplest way is to use

Restart=always
RestartSec=5

instead of

Restart=on-abort

in the systemd service file.

The restart on-abort doesn't trigger in the case you are running into here.

The default restart delay is 100 milliseconds. That might be a bit fast. That's why i suggest 5 second restart delay.

[Zerin]

Thank you :) I will try "Restart=always" as you suggested